Sharing his thoughts on Instagram, the legendary director said the fact that a quarterback who started in a Super Bowl only four years ago remains unemployed "smells mad fishy" and "stinks to the high heavens."

Lee used his post to call out the NFL for excluding Kaepernick, who ignited mass media attention last year because he refused to stand for the national anthem as a way to protest social and racial issues.

Meanwhile, Kaepernick has been busy with his activist duties, as he recently helped secure a plan and $1 million aid to Somalia

Posted on: 20/03/2017 08:00 PM

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